Garam Masala

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	Since Magical Vacation is not officially localized in English, all names and terminology will instead be derived from the English fan translation by magicalpatcher.https://www.romhacking.net/translations/2662/ Keep in mind that these translations may not be accurate or consistent with the original Japanese version.

Garam Masala ガラムマサラ Garamumasara Garam Masala
Screenshot from Magical Vacation
Realm	Dark Realm
Connects to	Opopmat Cave Tuoekat Yekrut

Garam Masala is a location in Magical Vacation. It is accessible from a platform in Opopmat Cave in the Dark Realm, which is unlocked when Latte has used his special power to make all four of Bruschetta's coworkers return to Opopmat Cave, and after the player has defeated the game's final boss. Garam Masala is home to powerful monsters and connects to the secondary bonus dungeons Tuoekat and Yekrut.

Gameplay

Encounters

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1-5

#	Name	Level	Drops
015	Flighty	1
016	Hummingwind	3
017	Breezy bat	23
018	Boomeranger	4
019	Weathercock	70
020	Mossy wind	24
021	Wanderanger	25
022	Galangale	14
023	Mistral	71
024	Puffone	14
025	Mammyth	72
026	Mastodonut	80
027	Cyclon	73
028	Tempes	80
155	Sparkler	22
156	Baby star	44
157	Magical lionfish	80
158	Blitz coyote	9
159	Thunderacoon	10
160	Ritz	43
161	Crackler	24
162	Lampgo	47
163	Fryclops	47
164	Yellow gerome	47
165	Mollusctric	80
166	Lionesspark	130
276	Shelforg	80

6-10

#	Name	Level	Drops
073	Singsong rabbit	18
076	Raucous racoon	39
077	Tapir dancer	22
078	Thorny horn	23
080	Marcher archer	60
083	Silver lunes	90
099	Chappy	5
100	Cocon	22
101	Attracterpillar	50
102	Dustfly	10
103	Champion fly	25
104	Gubneerg	11
105	Gubder	50
106	Dumbo	35
107	Mammoth	50
108	Mummy beetle	37
109	Sacred scarab	90
110	Flower chimera	50
111	Drilly pilly	90
112	Kamakiri	90
190	Daffy dark	70
196	Skulltimate	70
257	Zaf lopik	30
273	Beopooka	65
277	Peg hasnel	90

11-15

#	Name	Level	Drops
086	Mudroom	21
088	Boron	4
089	Cocatrice	23
090	Carbon	45
091	Opaladin	45
092	Umberfrog	44
093	Rockadile	43
094	Mystery coffin	45
095	Shyclops	46
096	Drillmole	46
097	Dinnersaur	100
098	Gigandeur	100
115	Grass dancer	25
116	Droot	10
117	Tickle nut	23
118	Ehcorn	27
119	Mosslump	28
120	Jambul	27
121	Maple	29
122	Ash	60
123	Broccrab	60
124	Arboreal box	61
125	Crabean	100
126	Celeriac	100
232	Medusa of love	27
278	Pucine	100

16-20

#	Name	Level	Drops
030	Rotten butter	17
032	Prickly fungi	27
033	Moldlump	18
034	Butter bug	19
035	Beelzebub	28
036	Venom fugu	55
037	Poison bug	71
038	Pelardon	55
039	Moldy lizard	110
040	Gorgonzola	56
041	The Barbatica	73
042	Poidjinn	110
170	Chrome spinner	44
171	Accel spinner	70
172	Tin clock	15
173	Chrome clock	45
174	Accel clock	71
175	Tin burner	16
176	Chrome burner	44
177	Accel burner	72
178	Tin bomber	45
179	Chrome bomber	110
181	Tin mage	46
182	Chrome mage	110
233	Piggy	35
279	Toy cerberus	110

21-25

#	Name	Level	Drops
044	Golden bunny	4
045	Chippymunk	22
047	Crimson pouch	38
048	Revenjinn	24
049	Earl gold	47
050	Nostaldjinn	60
051	Gemfrog	39
052	Mr. Beauty	40
053	Mr. Alluring	47
054	Mr. Moral	120
055	Majoram	47
056	Delirious moss	120
142	Anemeny	20
143	Sealump	27
144	Chefish	39
145	Iglolem	19
146	Caiman	21
147	Teapure	28
148	Oslobster	120
149	Snowl	47
150	Squid warrior	47
151	Whirlcrab	47
152	Washark	120
153	Blizard	42
234	Luvvy	42
280	Coltdora	120

26-30

#	Name	Level	Drops
157	Magical lionfish	80
165	Mollusctric	80
166	Lionesspark	130
167	Thorzeus	61
168	Electromosis	130
185	Crowbat	5
186	Unstinger	12
187	Poltergeist	18
190	Daffy dark	70
191	Killcium	7
192	Chopin	13
193	Nighthog	19
196	Skulltimate	70
202	Pandowdy	50
203	Befowled	130
204	Plumpkin	70
206	Magushrimp	130
207	Jill-o'-lantern	130
235	Cubby	49
281	Dipladet	130

31-35

#	Name	Level	Drops
128	Skyhopper	12
129	Siamese hyena	23
130	Tanuki	55
131	Cantapir	14
132	Gatortilla	55
133	Guerilla	24
134	Lionbite	35
135	Ironape	37
136	Gorzilla	55
137	Demonocab	56
138	Rhinoshark	140
139	Dyaria	140
140	Demonarch	140
203	Befowled	130
206	Magushrimp	130
207	Jill-o'-lantern	130
208	Pandora's casket	140
209	Harmster	140
212	Imbayonet	140
236	Homonkulus	56
274	Zombie demice	140
282	Silver bobble	140

36-40

#	Name	Level	Drops
011	Torch lizard	150
012	Guyclops	60
013	Salamander	42
016	Ignis	150
084	Minyo	150
208	Pandora's casket	140
209	Harmster	140
210	Sasquash	150
212	Imbayonet	140
213	Tacombat	150
214	Buttergoyle	150
237	Donna	65
283	Brass mud	150

41-45

#	Name	Level	Drops
044	Mr. Moral	120
056	Delirious moss	120
148	Oslobster	120
152	Washark	120
154	Draingon	160
179	Chrome bomber	110
180	Accel bomber	160
182	Chrome mage	110
183	Accel mage	160
210	Sasquash	150
213	Tacombat	150
214	Buttergoyle	150
215	Bloodancer	160
217	Wyrmbie	160
238	Crushrimp	160
239	Beegeezer	70
284	Flamezard	160

46-49

#	Name	Level	Drops
057	Baby scissors	2
059	Chopper	47
063	Razor death	47
066	Octopare	71
068	Sword fairy	170
069	Scimitar genie	73
070	Saber genie	170
213	Tacombat	150
214	Buttergoyle	150
215	Bloodancer	160
216	Belial	170
217	Wyrmbie	160
218	Poenix	170
240	Engel	170

50

#	Name	Level	Drops
216	Belial	170
218	Poenix	170
258	Demice king	180
260	Wildbeak	180
262	Pucine the 2nd	180
263	Watchhound	180
264	Coup poire	180
265	Porpeak	180
266	Zeif dengo	180
267	Liquid butter	180
268	Horned dragon	180
272	Dinrendu	180
287	Zodarakrew	180
-	Magic doll	180
-	Guardian	185

Items

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Guide

The gate to Garam Masala in Opopmat Cave

To unlock Garam Masala, the player must first defeat the game's final boss and reload their save. Doing so unlocks a side quest in which two dwarves can be found in Dark Realm, and two in the Abyssal Realm. By talking to the dwarves with Latte in the party, his special power convinces them to join Bruschetta at Opopmat Cave in the Dark Realm. The four dwarves and their locations are listed below:

Name	Location
Baguette	Spollacs Swamp
Bagel	The Badlands
Brioche	Abyssal Corridor 3
Pretzel	Despair Swamp 2

Overview

At Garam Masala's entrance, the player must talk to Peabee Anjay, who offers three difficulty modes for the dungeon: Lukewarm (ヌル, Nuru, Null), Flavorful (ナミ, Nami, Average), and Spicy (オニ, Oni, Demon). Once a mode has been selected, it cannot be changed unless the player exits Garam Masala and re-enters through Opopmat Cave. The chosen difficulty does not affect the level of enemies or dungeon layout; rather, it affects the amount of gummy frogs that Porcelain Pots ask for, and whether the player is allowed to bring their own gummy frogs into the dungeon (only on Lukewarm and Flavorful). As for Spicy, all gummy frogs are confiscated immediately after the first Porcelain Pot in Garam Masala is removed (read Spicy Mode for details).

In order to complete the bestiary, it is recommended that the player first goes through Garam Masala on Lukewarm or Flavorful, and fight the Dinrendu boss at Garam Masala 50. Once Ricebird joins the party at Garam Masala 50 on Spicy, Dinrendu and the exclusive enemies accompanying it will no longer respawn. Also, in order to recruit MD01-Tuna, the guardian must be fought at Garam Masala 50 on Flavorful or Spicy with at least one open spot in the party.

Since healing items are scarce in Garam Masala, an easy way to keep the party healthy is by using Let's Onsen in Link Mode. HP Pots and MP Pots will appear throughout the dungeon based on how many amigos have been registered through Let's Amigo.

Porcelain Pots and gummy frogs

A Porcelain Pot in front of a gummy frog shadow

Porcelain Pots are placed around the dungeon specifically to hinder progress. By feeding a Porcelain Pot the amount of gummy frogs they demand, they disappear until the player re-enters the room. Gummy frogs must be fed to the Porcelain Pots in a batch, meaning it is not possible to feed multiple colors at once. However, unlike places such as the Pyramid, not all the Porcelain Pots need to be removed from each floor of the dungeon to progress; some Porcelain Pots lead to dead ends, or block corridors that can be otherwise reached on foot. The minimum and maximum demands are 1 and 20 respectively.

Below is a chart showing how gummy frogs fed to Porcelain Pots increase or decrease their demands, and how they vary between difficulties:

—	Lukewarm	Flavorful	Spicy
Green	+1	+1	+2
Blue	+1	+1	+1
Red	=1	-1	±0

Shadowy monsters roam Garam Masala, engaging in combat when the protagonist walks into them. These shadows turn into green or blue gummy frogs when defeated, which also lowers the Porcelain Pots' demands depending on the color. The gummy frog is then added to the player's inventory (unless there are 99 of that frog on-hand), which gets marked on the Gummy Frogs Caught section of the report card. This cannot be prevented with Cabernet's special power.

Below is a chart showing how gummy frog shadows affect Porcelain Pots' demands:

—	Lukewarm	Flavorful	Spicy
Green	-2	-2	-1
Blue	-1	-1	±0

Spicy Mode

As mentioned above, Spicy Mode begins with Peabee Anjay confiscating all gummy frogs on-hand. Also, the only way to reduce the Porcelain Pots' demands is by defeating green gummy frog shadows. Since there is a set amount of green frog shadows, there is also a limit to how many times the Porcelain Pots' demands can be reduced. Therefore, as green and blue frogs are being fed to the Porcelain Pots, their demands begin to increase rapidly. Gummy frogs can be obtained from random encounters, but because they did not come from frog shadows, they will not affect the demands.

To begin Spicy Mode, the player should first insert a red frog into the first Porcelain Pot, after which Peabee Anjay confiscates all remaining frogs. The main way to obtain red frogs is from treasure chests throughout Garam Masala, but it should be noted that the chests do not refill when exiting and re-entering the dungeon. As such, it is advised that most chests be left unopened on Lukewarm or Flavorful Mode, so that the red frogs inside can be used to clear Spicy Mode. If the party is at around level 200-300, and the protagonist is a light mage, the player can go to Yekrut 8F where an endless supply of red frogs can be found. By collecting 99 red frogs from Yekrut and returning to Garam Masala 5, working down the dungeon will be made significantly easier. In any case, the Porcelain Pots' demands should be kept around 1 gummy frog as often as possible.

Hidden party members

Throughout the dungeon are hidden party members. They can be recruited depending on the difficulty, and if there is at least one open slot in the party.

• Chappy - Garam Masala 4 (any difficulty)
• Pot - Garam Masala 9 (any difficulty)
• Pucine the 4th - Garam Masala 21 (Flavorful/Spicy)
• Dodo - Garam Masala 31 (Flavorful/Spicy)
• Ricebird - Garam Masala 50 (Spicy)
• MD01-Tuna - Garam Masala 50 (Flavorful/Spicy, missable)

History

In the past, Garam Masala was used by magicians to put their abilities to the test, most notably Biscotti and Peabee Anjay. At some point, White, the previous manager of Iko Domnag in the Light Realm, built the high-end magic doll MD01-Tuna. Being one of the only dolls capable of naturally regenrating magic, many sought Tuna's power and a war sparked over its ownership. Biscotti settled the dispute by sealing Tuna within Garam Masala, which then sank beneath Muy Mot Desert. Tuna would eventually become a servant to the guardian, an almighty magic doll created in ancient times.

Trivia

• On Garam Masala 5, 7, 9, 14, and 15, it is possible to glitch the frog shadows' pathfinding, which makes them walk into each other and slip out of walls.

Nomenclature

Its name comes from गरम मसाला garam masala, a mix of hot spices used in cuisine across the Indian subcontinent.

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ガラムマサラ (Garamumasara)	Garam Masala